:00:00. > :00:00.now, more in next hour. The government `` the governor of
:00:00. > :00:00.the Bank of England waiting to do referendum debate this week. It is
:00:00. > :00:10.time for Scotland decides. Hello and welcome to our look back
:00:11. > :00:13.over the last seven days of The Bank of England reveals it has
:00:14. > :00:18.contingency plans Would independence make a
:00:19. > :00:23.difference to the NHS in Scotland? And how is
:00:24. > :00:30.the referendum being handled Hello and welcome to
:00:31. > :00:32.Scotland Decides: The Governor of the Bank of England,
:00:33. > :00:36.Mark Carney, revealed this week that he has drawn up contingency
:00:37. > :00:40.plans to ensure financial stability if there is a yes vote
:00:41. > :00:43.in the referendum next month. Mr Carney would not comment
:00:44. > :00:47.on whether an independent Scotland would or should use the pound
:00:48. > :00:50.in a formal currency union ` saying simply that the Bank would implement
:00:51. > :01:07.whatever the politicians decided. Whatever happens in the thought, the
:01:08. > :01:11.Bank of England will be the continuing authority for financial
:01:12. > :01:14.stability for some period of time. Certainly over the interim period,
:01:15. > :01:20.and we will look to discharge our responsibilities accordingly.
:01:21. > :01:26.Uncertainty about the currency arrangements could raise financial
:01:27. > :01:30.stability issues. As you would expect, we will have contingency
:01:31. > :01:34.plans for various possibilities. Scotland's First Minister Alex
:01:35. > :01:45.Salmond welcomed Mr Carney's What he has said today is very
:01:46. > :01:47.helpful. It shows he is seeking to ensure financial stability and that
:01:48. > :01:51.the Bank of England domains in charge for that transitional period.
:01:52. > :01:57.What a contract with the views of the Westminster parties. He has also
:01:58. > :02:00.corrected, yet again, the idea that he was against a currency union. He
:02:01. > :02:05.has said again that he will implement whatever is agreed. We
:02:06. > :02:08.should look at what is causing the instability, what is causing any
:02:09. > :02:13.instability is the adamant refusal of the Westminster parties to
:02:14. > :02:15.consider a currency union, which is the preference of the majority of
:02:16. > :02:16.the Scottish people. And Mr Darling will face Mr Salmond
:02:17. > :02:19.in a second televised debate But the leader of the
:02:20. > :02:27.Better Together campaign, The governor yesterday said that
:02:28. > :02:30.what he could causing the uncertainty is the uncertainty about
:02:31. > :02:35.the referendum results. Investors have been asking about it. I know
:02:36. > :02:38.that the Bank of England stars have very good contingency plans and I
:02:39. > :02:43.have been around in a financial crisis, I know that they have that.
:02:44. > :02:47.In relation to the currency union, I could not, as someone who is
:02:48. > :02:51.Scottish, sign up to something that I think is bad for Scotland. It is
:02:52. > :02:55.abundantly clear to anyone who asks that, here we are, two weeks before
:02:56. > :03:01.the first postal votes start going out, and they will start voting, and
:03:02. > :03:04.we simply don't know what currency we will have. That matters for
:03:05. > :03:06.people, even your paying their mortgage.
:03:07. > :03:09.And Mr Darling will face Mr Salmond in a second televised debate
:03:10. > :03:14.It will be live on the BBC across the UK on the evening of Monday
:03:15. > :03:19.And we'll have a special programme before the debate here on the
:03:20. > :03:24.Now, on the subject of debates, on Tuesday evening I hosted the latest
:03:25. > :03:28.in a series of panel discussions in front of a studio audience.
:03:29. > :03:32.This time we were in Inverness for the Referendum Debate.
:03:33. > :03:36.And among the topics on the table was the relevance ` or not `
:03:37. > :03:38.of the independence question when it comes to Scotland's health service.
:03:39. > :03:59.Does a no vote threaten the very existence of the NHS in Scotland?
:04:00. > :04:07.Is most certainly does. If we vote yes, if the country votes yes, then
:04:08. > :04:16.we will have the opportunity to forge our own future. If you vote
:04:17. > :04:20.no, that is an end to you saying, well, I did not vote for that, that
:04:21. > :04:25.was not what I voted for. What you will have done by voting no, you
:04:26. > :04:31.were given powers to Westminster to do exactly what they like. For
:04:32. > :04:35.other. A month ago, we had this argument
:04:36. > :04:38.because some of the UK's leading medical researchers said they were
:04:39. > :04:44.worried about the impact of a yes vote on the NHS. In response, the
:04:45. > :04:51.response from the SNP was, don't worry, the NHS is 100% devolved to
:04:52. > :04:54.Scotland. That is the truth. We make our own decisions. The risks to the
:04:55. > :04:58.NHS is picking that research base that goes into our medical research,
:04:59. > :05:02.that is in universities over Scotland. It is finding cures to
:05:03. > :05:06.some of the diseases we have to fight.
:05:07. > :05:08.The debate prodded a big response and social media.
:05:09. > :05:56.Now, time for our weekly look at the latest polling, which suggests
:05:57. > :06:02.the no campaign has managed to widen its lead by two percentage points
:06:03. > :06:07.since last week ` and is now on 57% when don't knows are excluded.The
:06:08. > :06:14.That's according to an average of six polls taken in July
:06:15. > :06:21.and August, calculated by the What Scotland Thinks website.
:06:22. > :06:24.Let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news
:06:25. > :06:29.A report said moving the UK's nuclear weapons out of an
:06:30. > :06:35.independent Scotland would be tricky and costly but not impossible.
:06:36. > :06:37.Researchers at the Royal United Services Institute said, in theory,
:06:38. > :06:40.Trident missiles and submarines could be relocated from Argyll to
:06:41. > :06:47.Boris Johnson raised eyebrows by saying
:06:48. > :06:50.the big three UK parties had gone too far in promising more powers
:06:51. > :06:55.The mayor of London, tipped by some as a future Tory
:06:56. > :06:59.leader, said there was "no need" for further devolution.
:07:00. > :07:02.Scotland's Deputy First Minister suggested independence could end
:07:03. > :07:06.Nicola Sturgeon said UK welfare changes had pushed people
:07:07. > :07:11.But Scottish Labour said THEY were best placed to tackle the problem,
:07:12. > :07:14.claiming the nationalists did not have a credible or costed plan
:07:15. > :07:22.Finally to Edinburgh, where ` although there are more than three
:07:23. > :07:27.thousand shows at this year's Fringe `` most performers appear to have
:07:28. > :07:31.shied away from tackling the thorny issue of independence.
:07:32. > :07:33.Nonetheless, the referendum is still a talking
:07:34. > :07:35.point for audience members, as BBC Scotland's arts correspondent
:07:36. > :07:48.Scotland's festivals are truly international and there is no sense
:07:49. > :07:54.this year that there are any more Scottish shows than normal. This
:07:55. > :08:04.year, it seems as if Scotland is on everyone's minds.
:08:05. > :08:09.Some shows deal directly with the subject, like this one for the
:08:10. > :08:12.national collective. Three nights a week, they will showcase music,
:08:13. > :08:18.poetry and political views from around the world.
:08:19. > :08:22.If we vote no, Scotland's sense of itself will not fit easily back into
:08:23. > :08:26.a sense of Britishness will stop we have a lot of amazing talent on, so
:08:27. > :08:30.I'm sure people will come whether or not they have made up their minds.
:08:31. > :08:32.The whole idea behind national collective is not just to galvanise
:08:33. > :08:38.the people who are already voting yes, but to get other people
:08:39. > :08:42.imagining a better Scotland. For others, it is a subject they
:08:43. > :08:45.just could not ignore. I think people are talking about it
:08:46. > :08:50.but a lot are worried about saying anything in case they get a bad
:08:51. > :08:58.reaction from the audience. You have to be gutsy and go for it because it
:08:59. > :09:03.is such a current issue. The vast majority of shows don't
:09:04. > :09:08.touch on subjects `` the subject at all, even if performers have made
:09:09. > :09:11.their views known. Simon Callow was one of 200 celebrities who signed a
:09:12. > :09:15.letter last week urging voters to say no.
:09:16. > :09:18.It can't be avoided and it shouldn't be avoided. Everyone must and can
:09:19. > :09:27.talk about it but I hope it does not become the overwhelming reality. My
:09:28. > :09:32.material on this festival will have almost nothing to do with it. It
:09:33. > :09:36.would be sad if it was to overwhelm the festival, but perhaps that is
:09:37. > :09:39.necessary. Some cannot resist a gently stirring
:09:40. > :09:47.up the debate. This show encourages the audience to settle the regiments
:09:48. > :09:51.with a bake off. It
:09:52. > :10:14.you can find more analysis online. For now, that it from us. We are
:10:15. > :10:21.back in the same time next week. James Cook there.
:10:22. > :10:24.Police in Missouri have named the officer who shot an unarmed
:10:25. > :10:28.The death of 18`year`old Michael Brown has sparked several